GB1599938A

GB1599938A - Fishing material

Info

Publication number: GB1599938A
Application number: GB15021/78A
Authority: GB
Original assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
Current assignee: 3M Co
Priority date: 1977-04-18
Filing date: 1978-04-17
Publication date: 1981-10-07
Also published as: JPS53130179A; US4158927A

Description

PATENT SPECIFICATION

( 11) 1 599 938 Application No 15021/78 ( 22) Filed 17 April 1978 Convention Application No 788327 Filed 18 April 1977 in United States of America (US)

Complete Specification published 7 Oct 1981

INT CL 3 A Ol K 85/00 83/00 85/08 Index at acceptance AIA 10 17 A 17 B 17 E ( 54) FISHING MATERIAL ( 71) We, MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, a corporation organised and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States of America, of 3 M Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101, United States of America, do hereby declare the invention, for which we pray that a patent may be granted to us, and the method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following statement:-

The present invention relates to fishing material and provides an artificial fishing lure to which is attached a fabric or material having a loop pile formed thereon, said loop pile comprising a multiplicity of upstanding loops or curled strands or both.

Such loop pile surfaces as are used in lures according to the invention are sometimes characterized as astrakhan pile, as described in U S Patent No: 3,469,289.

More commonly, such loop elements for one-half of a separable pile fastening device the other half comprising a multiplicity of closely spaced hooking elements The common hook and loop fasteners are described fully in U S Patent No: 3,009,235 and have been manufactured by the American Velcro Corporation under the Trade Mark "Velcro" and by 3 M Company under the Trade Mark "Scotchmate".

As disclosed in U S 3,009,235, the loop elements may be provided by a fabric of the loop-type such as terry or uncut velvet and may have, for example, about 1000 loops per square centimetre In forming the terry or velvet-type fabric, supplementary warp threads are passed over metal bars during the weaving operation to create upstanding loops Said supplementary warp threads preferably are of synthetic resinous material such as nylon and may be monofilaments or multifilaments Where the supplementary warp threads are of the multifilament type, the fabric may be subjected after its weaving operation to a brushing to spread the loops into fan shape, thus multiplying the number of probabilities of engagement with a hooked fabric.

The present invention makes use of the loop elements in the loop pile to catch or assist in the catching of fish It has been discovered that the teeth of the fish engage in and become entangled by the multiplicity of loop elements to enable fish to be reeled in without damage, or alternatively to provide sufficient retraining action and delay time to permit the standard hook, with which the loop pile may be utilized, to be set.

The invention will now be described by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:Figure 1 is an end view of a preferred embodiment of one type of artificial fishing lure in combination with the fishing material of the present invention; Figure 2 is a side view of the embodiment illustrated in Figure 1; Figure 3 is a sectional view of the preferred embodiment illustrated in Figure 2 and taken along line 3-3 thereof; Figure 4 is a top, plan view illustrating another preferred embodiment of the present invention in combination with an artificial lure; Figure 5 is a side view of the preferred embodiment illustrated in Figure 4; Figure 6 is a side view of yet another alternative embodiment of the present invention in combination with an artificial fishing lure; Figure 7 is a top view of the preferred embodiment illustrated in Figure 6; Figure 8 is a top, plan view of yet another alternative embodiment of the present invention in combination with an artificial fishing lure; Figure 9 is a top view of the preferred embodiment illustrated in Figure 8; Figure 10 is an end view of a slip sinker in combination with a preferred embodiment of the present invention; Figure 11 is a side view of the preferred ( 21) ( 31) ( 32) ( 33) ( 44) ( 51) ( 52) 2 1,9,3 2 embodiment of the present invention illustrated in Figure 10; Figure 12 is a sectional view of the embodiment illustrated in Figure 11 and taken along line 12-12 thereof; Figure 13 is a plan view of a spinner embodying another form of the present invention; Figure 14 is a sectional view of the preferred embodiment illustrated in Figure 13 and taken along line 14-14 thereof; Figure 15 is a sectional view similar to Figure 14 but illustrating an alternative form of the present invention; Figure 16 is a plan view of a spoon which illustrates yet another embodiment of the present invention; Figure 17 is a sectional view of Figure 16 and taken along line 17-17 thereof; Figure 18 is a plan view of yet another alternative form of the present invention; Figure 19 is a side view of the preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figure 18; Figure 20 is a plan view of yet another alternative embodiment of the present invention in combination with a jig lure; Figure 21 is a top view of the preferred embodiment illustrated in Figure 20; Figure 22 illustrates a plan view of yet another alternative embodiment of afjig lure embodying the present invention; Figure 23 is a top view of the preferred embodiment illustrated in Figure 22; Figure 24 is a plan view of an alternative embodiment of the present invention; Figure 25 is an end view of the embodiment illustrated in Figure 24; Figure 26 is a side view which illustrates still another alternative embodiment of the present invention; and Figure 27 is a bottom view of the embodiment illustrated in Figure 26.

Referring now to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals designate identical or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and more particuarly to Figures 1 through 3 thereof, a preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated and comprises an artificial fishing lure having a body 10 which is preferably formed of a soft, pliable plastic and has a tail 12 integrally extending from the rear thereof The body 10 of the lure has a cylindrical or tubular fabric member 16 formed thereabout The fabric member 16 has a multiplicity of loop elements 18 formed on the outer surface thereof The fabric member 16 having the loop elements 18 may be fastened to the body 10 by any suitable means or adhesive.

Referring now to Figures 4 and 5, reference numeral 20 indicates an elongated flexible plastic worm-like artificial lure body, to the rear end of which is connected 65 a V-shaped fabric piece 22 which may have a plurality of loop elements 24 and 26 projecting from both sides thereof.

Alternatively, fabric piece 22 may be comprised of two pieces of loop pile sheets 70 bonded together The forward end 28 of the fabric piece 22 may, for example, be embedded in the tail of the flexible plastic body 20 when the latter is being formed.

Alternatively, the fabric piece 22 may be 75 threaded to the end of the body 20 by means of a nylon line, or the like Alternative modes of attachment will suggest themselves to persons of ordinary skill in this art 80 Figures 6 and 7 illustrate yet another embodiment of the present in" nntion which comprises an elongated flexibl plastic body (similar to the body 20 of Figures 4 and 5), but which terminates, in a thin, curled 85 plastic tail member 32 Figures 6 and 7 also illustrate an alternative mode of attachment of a thin, long strip 34 of fabric having looped elements extending therefrom In Figures 6 and 7, the looped fabric 34 is 90 fastened to the forward side of body 30, although other constructions will suggest themselves and may be equally effective.

Figures 8 and 9 illustrate an alternative embodiment of the present invention 95 wherein reference numeral 36 designates an elongated, flexible, pliable plastic body which has a pair of strips 38 and 40 of the loop pile fabric formed along opposed edges thereof 100 Figures 10 through 12 illustrate an alternative embodiment of the present invention in the form of a slip sinker 42 which has an aperture 44 formed along its longitudinal axis through which the line 46 105 may be extended The sinker 42 has a loop pile fabric 48 wrapped about the entire periphery thereof.

Referring now to Figures 13 and 14, a conventional metallic spinner 50 having an 110 aperture 52 for attachment to a suitable wire frame or the like normally includes a convex surface 54 and a concave surface 56.

The present invention contemplates the provision of a suitably shaped piece of loop 115 pile fabric 58 on one or both of the surfaces 54 and 56 For example, the spinner 50 may have an outer piece of fabric 58 attached to convex surface 54, or as illustrated in Figure may include an inner piece of looped 120 fabric 60 attached to the concave surface 56.

Figures 16 and 17 illustrate a curved spoon 62 having a pair of apertures 64 and 66 formed at the upper and lower extremities 125 thereof This embodiment includes a fabric sheet 70 having loop elements bonded to the outer convex surface 68 thereof.

Figures 18 and 19 illustrate a flat spoon 1,599,938 1,599,938 72 having a pair of eyelets 74 and 76 to one which may be connected a conventional metal fish hook 78 The spoon 72 has at least one strip 80 of looped fabric mounted to one surface thereof, and may include a second strip 82 of looped fabric mounted to the opposite surface thereof Figures 18 and 19 illustrate the utilization of the looped fabric in combination with a conventional fish hook In this embodiment, as well as in the other embodiments described herein, the loop pile fabric pieces 80 and 82 may serve as a holding agent for the fish until the hook 78 may be properly set by the fisherman after the strike has been sensed.

Figures 20 through 27 illustrate jig-type artificial fishing lures having a Velcro looptype piece of fabric utilized in combination with conventional fish hooks for the purposes described above More particularly, in Figures 20 and 21, reference numeral 84 refers to jig head having a forward aperture 86 for attachment to the fish line A standard fish hook 88 extends rearwardly of the jig head 84 and terminates in a standard barbed end 90 Attached at the neck of the jig head 84 are a plurality of strands of either synthetic or natural hairs 92 which serve their standard fish-attracting function In this embodiment, a pair of loop-type Velcro strips 94 and 96 extend in a parallel fashion on either side of the shank portion of fish hook 88 Strips 94 and 96 may be fastened to the jig head 84 by means of a wrapped binding 98 or the like.

Figures 22 and 23 illustrate an alternative type of mounting for a pair of loop pile Velcro strips 110 and 112, one on each side of the jig head 100 This embodiment also includes a forward aperture 102, a skirt 104 held in place by binding 105, astandard fish hook 108, and a set of hook guard wires 106 which extend downwardly from jig head 100.

Figures 24 and 25 illustrate a solid jig body 114 having a shank 115 extending downwardly from the head portion thereof and terminating in a loop or aperture 116 for connection to the fishing line The hook extends rearwardly from body 114, and the entire rear portion of the body may be covered by the loop pile fabric having a plurality of loop elements 118 formed thereon.

Figures 26 and 27 illustrate afjig head 122 having a shank portion 126 terminating in a loop 124 for attachment to the fishing line.

A hook 128 extends rearwardly of the head 122, and a standard spinner 130 may be pivotally mounted to the hook 128 An elongated, bifurcated strip of loop pile fabric 132 may be connected about the shank 126 and hook 128 of the lure The rear portion of strip 132-may be bifurcated into two or more tail portions 134 and 136.

Claims

WHAT WE CLAIM IS:-

1 An artificial fishing lure to which is attached a fabric or material having a loop pile formed thereon, said loop pile comprising a multiplicity of upstanding loops or curled strands or both.

2 A fishing lure as defined in Claim 1 wherein the loop pile is a synthetic resinous material such as nylon.

3 Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, by the Courier Press, Leamington Spa, 1981 Published by The Patent Office, 25 Southampton Buildings, London, WC 2 A l AY, from which copies may be obtained.

3 A fishing lure as defined in Claim 1 or Claim 2 wherein the loop pile is a fabric including supplementary warp threads formed to provide said upstanding loops.

4 A fishing lure as defined in Claim 3 wherein said supplementary warp threads are multifilaments.

A fishing lure as defined in Claim 4 wherein the multifilaments are spread into fan shape.

6 A fishing lure as defined in any preceding Claim wherein there are about 1000 loops per square centimetre.

7 Fishing lures substantially as described herein with reference to the accompanyinng drawings.

Agents for the Applicants, LLOYD WISE, TREGEAR & CO, Norman House, 105-109 Strand, London, WC 2 R OAE.